Sunday, April 7, 2024

G 2 (Bluegrass Band)

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2007 Cosmos Studios, Palandergatan 33, 121 37 Stockholm, SWE/ Nilenta Studio, Kållered, SWE – G2 Bluegrass Band (Christoffer Olsson [vcl/gt], Jens Koch [banjo], Tobias Stromberg [dobro], Erik Igelström [mandolin],  Jimmy Sunnerbrandt [bass]. Producer: G2, Kent Gillström)
001 ALL I NEED CR 07106  
002 WHERE THE TALL GRASS GROWS CR 07106  
003 WHAT WOULD I SAY CR 07106  
004 SLEEPY HOLLOW CR 07106  
005 GOING BACK TO GEORGIA CR 07106  
006 WHY DID YOU FORCE ME TO ROAM CR 07106
007 WHEN TEARS COME FALLING CR 07106  
008 TAKE ME BACK CR 07106
009 I'LL STAY AROUND CR 07106  
010 WHEN YOU LET SOMEONE GO CR 07106
011 I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEDAY CR 07106
012 CROSSROAD TURNAROUND CR 07106
013 RIDING ON THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN CR 07106
2010 Brent Truitt's Studio, Nashville, TN/  Studios 301, Stockholm, SWE / Cosmos Studios, Stockholm. SWE – G 2, with Ron Stewart [-1], Cherryholmes [-2], Kurt Nielsen [-3] (Christoffer Olsson [vcl/gt],  Erik Igelström [vcl/mandolin],  Jens Koch [banjo], Tobias Strömberg [dobro],  Jimmy Sunnebrandt [vcl/bass], Emil Heiling [hmny vcl]. Producer: G2,Emil Heiling)
014 WHY DID YOU BREAK MY HEART -1 CD 10101
015 STILL STANDING CD 10101
016 FAITH CD 10101
017 GOLD RUSH -2 CD 10101
018 CONWY CD 10101
019 SAIL AWAY CD 10101
020 COLD HARD RAIN CD 10101
021 THIS ROAD THAT I'M ON -1 CD 10101
022 GRACE CD 10101
023 NOW 'TIL FOREVER CD 10101
024 MISSISSIPPI CD 10101
025 I KNOW YOU KNOW WHY -3 CD 10101
026 LEE LULLABY CD 10101
14-25 April 2014 Nashville, TN – G 2 (Christoffer Olsson [vcl/gt],  Erik Igelström [vcl/mandolin],  Jens Koch [vcl/banjo], Tobias Strömberg [vcl/dobro],  Jimmy Sunnebrandt [vcl/bass]. Producer: Erick Jaskowiak)
027 YOU SEARCH YOU FIND ROOTSY 106   
028 IN THE LIGHT OF DAY ROOTSY 106   
029 WE WERE KINGS ROOTSY 106   
030 NEVER ON MY MIND ROOTSY 106   
031 HOW HARD TO BE TRUE ROOTSY 106   
032 LINDBLAD ROOTSY 106   
033 ANOTHER LAND ROOTSY 106   
034 SOMETHING ON THE WIND ROOTSY 106
035 GREEN PASTURES ROOTSY 106   
036 MY WEARY HEART ROOTSY 106  
037  MOVE ON ROOTSY 106




ALBUMS
Cosmos [SWE] CR 07106 Where The Tall Grass Grows:
  All I Need;  Where The Tall Grass Grows;  What Would I Say;  Sleepy Hollow;  Going Back To Georgia;  Why Did You Force Me To Roam; When Tears Come Falling;  Take Me Back;  I'll Stay Around;  When You Let Someone Go;  I'll See You Again Someday;  Crossroad Turnaround; Riding On That Midnight Train – 10-10-07
Cosmos [SWE] CD 10101  Untapped Routes: Why Did You Break My Heart; (w. Ron Stewart) Still Standing; Faith; Gold Rush (w. Cherryholmes); Conwy; Sail Away; Cold Hard Rain; This Road That I'm On (w. Ron Stewart); Grace; Now 'Til Forever; Mississippi; I Know You Know Why (w. Kurt Nielsen); Lee Lullaby – 15-11-10 as G2
Rootsy.nu [SWE] ROOTSY 106 Mind Over Matter:  You Search You Find;  In The Light of Day;  We Were Kings;  Never on My Mind;  How Hard to Be True;  Lindblad;  Another Land;  Something on the Wind; Green Pastures;  My Weary Heart;  Move On – 08-10-14 as G 2


EPs
G2 Bluegrass Band [SWE] no # A Taste Of The New Album-Where The Tall Grass Grows: Sleepy Hollow; Crossroad Turnaround; Why Did You Force Me To Roam; When You Let Someone Go – 07 (all tracks from CR 07106)


Riffing Cowboys

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2011 Sydney, NSW, AUS/ Nashville, TN/ Brooklyn, New York City – The Riffing Cowboy
Dan Baird [vcl (exc.1,2,3)/gt/ bass], Anders Drerup [vcl-2/bck vcl], Jason Ringenberg [vcl-1],
Joe Blanton  [vcl-3],  Bernie “Buzzz” Haughian [ac gt/harmonica], Eric "Roscoe" Ambel [gt],  Graham Young [gt],  Warner E. Hodges [gt], Brian Campeau [gt], Philip Victor Bova/Joe Blanton [bass], Philip Shaw Bova [drums], Keith Dyck [bck vcl]. Producer: Robert Libbey)
001 HONKY TONK BLUES ABP 1314-3
002 THE BLUES COME AROUND -1 ABP 1314-3  
003 WEARY BLUES FROM WAITIN' -2 ABP 1314-3
004  I'D STILL WANT YOU  -3 ABP 1314-3  
005 I CAN'T GET YOU OFF OF MY MIND ABP 1314-3
006 I'M A LONG GONE DADDY ABP 1314-3  
007 COLD, COLD HEART -2 ABP 1314-3
008 I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN' -3 ABP 1314-3
009 MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND ABP 1314-3  
010 LONESOME WHISTLE -1 ABP 1314-3  
011 MOANIN' THE BLUES ABP 1314-3  
012 YOU WIN AGAIN ABP 1314-3  
013 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' -3 ABP 1314-3   


ALBUMS
The Riffing Cowboys ABP 1314-3 Hank 'n' Roll: A Rock 'n' Roll Tribute to Hank Williams
: Honky Tonk Blues; The Blues Come Around; Weary Blues From Waitin'; I'd Still Want You; I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind; I'm A Long Gone Daddy; Cold, Cold Heart; I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'; My Sweet Love Ain't Around; Lonesome Whistle; Moanin' The Blues; You Win Again; Hey Good Lookin'  – 17-09-11


George Birge

 *28-11-?? Austin, TX
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
also member of Waterloo Revival
2021 Nashville, TN – George Birge
001 REASON TO GO
002 MIND ON YOU
003 WHISKEY SIDE
004 DIDN'T THINK I'D MISS
005 "BEER BEER, TRUCK TRUCK"
Tracks above issued on EP George Birge and on album George Birge: Mind On You
2022 Nashville, TN – George Birge
006 FOREVER AND A DAY
007 CHASIN' A FEELING
008 COWBOYS TALKIN'
009 YOU WERE MINE
010 MIND ON YOU (STRIPPED)
Tracks above issued on album George Birge: Mind On You
2023 Nashville, TN – George Birge  with Rodell Duff
011 OUTTA DIRT
2023 Nashville, TN – George Birge with Neal McCoy
012 THAT DRINK digital single [rel. Sept. 23]
2023 Nashville, TN – George Birge with RaeLynn
013 WHISKEY GO ROUND digital single [rel. Oct. 13]
2023 Nashville, TN – George Birge with Eli Young Band
014 AMY’S BACK IN AUSTIN digital single [rel. Dec. 1, 2023]
2023  Nashville, TN – George Birge and Kidd G with charlieonnafriday
015 MIND ON YOU digital single [rel. Dec. 15]
2023 Nashville, TN – George Birge
016 COWBOY SONGS
017 MADE YOU, MADE ME
018 DAMN RIGHT I DO
019 IT AIN'T AUSTIN
020 OK BREAKIN' UP
021 HARD ON THE BOTTLE
022 MISS MISSIN' YOU
Tracks above issued on EP Cowboy Songs

ALBUMS
Records Nashville ? George Birge:
Mind On You:  Forever and a Day;  Mind On You;  Whiskey Side;  Chasin' a Feeling;  Cowboys Talkin';  Didn't Think I'd Miss;  You Were Mine;  Reason To Go;  "Beer Beer, Truck Truck";  Mind On You (Stripped) – 12-05-23


EPs
Records Nashville ? George Birge:  Reason To Go;  Mind On You;  Whiskey Side;  Didn't Think I'd Miss;  "Beer Beer, Truck Truck" – 18-02-22 (all tracks reisssued on album George Birge: Mind On You)
Records Nashville ? Cowboy Songs:  Cowboy Songs;  Made You, Made Me;  Damn Right I Do;  It Ain't Austin;  OK Breakin' Up;  Hard on the Bottle;  Miss Missin' You – 05-04-24



Johnny Heap

 *14-10-1941 Geelong,  VIC,AUS
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
also member of The Country Playboys, The Selection Singers
March 1965 [live] National Theatre, Launceston TAS, AUS – Johnny Heap
00001 I WON'T GO HUNTING WITH YOU JAKE (BUT I'LL GO CHASIN' WOMEN) HEP 518
HADLEY HEP 518 RECORDED LIVE! ON STAGE VOLUME 2 (AUS, 1968)
1966 Hadley Studios, 4/33 Mascot Drive, Eastlakes, NSW, AUS – Johnny Heap
001 ANOTHER STRETCH OF TRACK HEP 507/CD D 719  
002 B.J. THE D.J. HEP 507  /CD D 719
003 MODERN CINDERELLA HEP 507  /CD D 719
004 LONELY STREET HEP 507/CD D 719
1967 Hadley Studios, 4/33 Mascot Drive, Eastlakes, NSW, AUS – Johnny Heap
005 I ALWAYS GET A SOUVENIR HEP 509  
006 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY HEP 509
1968 unknown, AUS – Johnny Heap
007 I'D RATHER SWITCH THAN FIGHT MCX 11,443
008 I'VE GOT A LOT OF CRYING TO DO MCX 11,443  
009 YOU CAN'T LIVER ON MEMORIES MCX 11,443
010 THIS LITTLE HURT MCX 11,443
1969 unknown, AUS – Johnny Heap (Johnny Heap [vcl], Nev Nicholls [rh gt], Bob Clark [ld gt], Ken Kitching [steel], Allan Tomkins [bass gt], Laurie Webb [drums])
011 X4KM-0361 CARROLL COUNTY ACCIDENT CM 001/ CMP 521
012 GRIN AND BEAR IT CMP 521
013 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT CMP 521
014 DREAMING THAT YOUR TEARDROPS ARE FOR ME CM 001/ CMP 521
015 BLACK LAND FARMER CMP 521
016 ANITA YOU'RE DREAMING CMP 521
1974 W+G Sounds Studio, Melbourne, VIC, AUS – Johnny Heap (Johnny Heap [vcl/rh gt], Barry Roy [ld gt], Phil Emmanuel [ld gt], Alan Hawking [banjo],  Benny Joyner [steel],  Peter Hayes [bass/vcl], Fank Hickey [drums], Barry Roy, Carol Moore,  Yvonne Mitchell [bck vcl])
017 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND COUNTRY MUSIC WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322  
018 A ROOM FULL OF ROSES WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322
019 DEVIL WOMAN WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322  
020 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322
021 B.J.THE D.J. WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322
022 THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322  
023 BAND OF GOLD WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322  
024 PAMELA BROWN WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322
025 SILVER WINGS WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322  
026 THE LETTER EDGE IN BLACK WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322
027 SMOKEY CEILINGS WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322  
028 SLEEP MY LADY WG 35/S/5669 BLS 322
1979 poss. Hadley Studios, 4/33 Mascot Drive, Eastlakes, NSW, AUS – Johnny Heap
029 RIDIN’ WITH A SMILE AND A SONG PRML 015  CD D 719
030 MY HEART IS WHERE THE ROPER FLOWS TONIGHT PRML 015 CD D 719
SELECTION PRML 015 SALUTE TO THE ROLL OF RENNOWN (AUS, 1979)
1982 Hadley Studios, 4/33 Mascot Drive, Eastlakes, NSW, AUS – Johnny Heap (Johnny heap [vcl],  Bob Clark [rh gt],  Gary Adams [rh gt],  Gary Brown [ld gt],  Lindsay Butler [ld gt],  Jenny Shimmin [banjo], Norm Bodkin [steel],  Geoff Clapson [bass],  Bruce Field [drums],  Matt Harrison [fiddle], Clelia Adams, Lynette Guest, Stephen Bunz [vbck vcl].  Producer: Eric Watson, Norm Bodkin)
031 THE HORDERN TREE PRL 030 CD D 719
032 BONNIE PLEASE DON'T GO PRL 030
033 I'LL FALL IN STEP PRL 030
034 JOANNA PRL 030
035 REMINISCING PRL 030 CD D 719
036 CALIFORNIA PRL 030
037 I WENT IN TO HEAR THE MUSIC PRL 030 CD D 719
038 YOU CAN'T PLAY FOUR IN THE MORNING PRL 030
039 SONG AND DANCE MAN PRL 030
040 ROSES IN THE RAIN PRL 030
041 MODERN CINDERELLA PRL 030
042 STAR OF LOVE PRL 030 CD D 719
043 I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT AT HOME PRL 030
044 TRAVEL BY TRAIN PRL 030 CD D 719
1985 R+H Studios, ?, AUS – Johnny Heap (Johnny Heap [vcl], Ron Ellis [ac gt/bass],  Alan Hawking [ld gt],  Alan Hawking [banjo/dobro],  Ben Costanzo [bass]. Producer: Ron Ellis)
045 TILL THE END OF THE WORLD RH 007  CD D 719
046 BABY BLUE RH 007  
047 CONVICT AND THE ROSE RH 007  CD D 719
048 ONE SMALL PHOTOGRAPH RH 007
049 WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE RH 007 CD D 719
050 WEDDING BELLS RH 007  CD D 719
051 LITTLE BOY LOST RH 007
052 WINGS OF A DOVE RH 007
053 JEALOUS HEART RH 007  
054 THE DROVER'S WIFE RH 007  
055 BORN TO LOSE RH 007
056 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS RH 007  
1986 R+H Studios, ?, AUS – Johnny Heap
057 LONELY STREET BS 501  
058 +WHERE NO-ONE STANDS ALONE BS 501
059 FOUR KINDS OF ROSES BS 501  
060 HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY BS 501
+possibly same as 047
Ca 1986 unknown, AUS – Johnny heap
061 THE ALL STAR WESTERN SHOW AXIS 701332
062 WHITE CROSSES IN THE JUNGLE AXIS 701332
063 TRUCK ME DEAD    AXIS 701332
064 WITH THIS RING (I THEE WED) AXIS 701332
065 CHAD MORGAN MEDLEY: THE SHEIK OF SCRUBBY CREEK / THE FATAL WEDDING / THE SHOTGUN WEDDING AXIS 701332    
AXIS 701332 JOHNNY HEAP REMEMBERS THE ALL STAR WESTERN SHOW (AUS, 1987)
1980s? unknown, AUS – Johnny Heap
066 SEND ME THE PILLOW YOU DREAM ON CECON 400
067 ONE DAY AT A TIME CECON 400
068 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU CECON 400
069 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING CECON 400
070 A LEGEND IN MY TIME CECON 400
071 MAGGIE CECON 400
072 BABY BLUE CECON 400
073 THE CONVICT AND THE ROSE CECON 400
074 ONE SMALL PHOTOGRAPH CECON 400
075 LITTLE BOY LOST CECON 400     
076 WINGS OF A DOVE CECON 400
077 THE DROVER'S WIFE CECON 400
078 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND COUNTRY MUSIC CECON 400
079 A ROOM FULL OF ROSES CECON 400
080 DEVIL WOMAN CECON 400
081 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CECON 400
082 B.J. THE D.J. CECON 400
083 THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE CECON 400
084 LITTLE BAND OF GOLD CECON 400
085 PAMELA BROWN CECON 400
086 SILVER WINGS CECON 400
087 THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK CECON 400
088 SMOKEY CEILINGS CECON 400
089 SLEEP MY LADY CECON 400
1995 unknown, AUS – Johnny Heap (Johnny Heap [vcl], Barry Roy [gt/bass/ percussion/bck vcl]. Producer: Barry Roy)
090 FOR THE GOOD TIMES SMOKEY 001CD  CD D 719
091 THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT SMOKEY 001CD CD D 719
092 LOVE IS A GOLDEN RING SMOKEY 001CD  
093 LAVENDER BLUE SMOKEY 001CD  
094 KATRINA SMOKEY 001CD  CD D 719
095 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM SMOKEY 001CD
096 I DON'T HURT ANYMORE SMOKEY 001CD CD D 719
097 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE SMOKEY 001CD CD D 719  
098 YOU BELONG TO ME SMOKEY 001CD  
099 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND SMOKEY 001CD
100 I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW SMOKEY 001CD  CD D 719
101 UNCHAINED MELODY SMOKEY 001CD  
102 RUSTED LOVE SMOKEY 001CD
103 YOU DON'T KNOW ME SMOKEY 001CD  
104 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN SMOKEY 001CD  CD D 719
105 AIN'T MISBEHAVING SMOKEY 001CD CD D 719
2014 unknown, UK – Johnny Heap
106  ROLL ALONG KENTUCKY MOON CD D 719
107 TREASURES UNTOLD CD D 719
108 LAST OF THE KELLYS CD D 719
109 ANY OLD TIME CD D 719
110  THE ONE ROSE CD D 719
Note: one unrecognized track above was recorded sooner


ALBUMS
W+G [AUS] WG 35/S/5669 Sunday Afternoon And Country Music
: Sunday Afternoon And Country Music; A Room Full Of Roses; Devil Woman; Behind Closed Doors; B.J.The D.J.; There Won't Be Any More; Band Of Gold; Pamela Brown; Silver Wings; The Letter Edge In Black; Smokey Ceilings; Sleep My Lady – 74  (reissued in 1983 on Bunnyip BLS 322)  
Selection [AUS] PRL 030 The Hordern Tree: The Hordern Tree; Bonnie Please Don't Go; I'll Fall In Step; Joanna; Reminiscing; California; I Went In To Hear The Music; You Can't Play Four In The Morning; Song And Dance Man; Roses In The Rain; Modern Cinderella; Star Of Love; I Know What I've Got At Home; Travel By Train – 82
R+H Studios [AUS] RH 007 A Heap Of Country Music: Till The End Of The World; Baby Blue; Convict And The Rose; One Small Photograph; Where No One Stands Alone; Wedding Bells; Little Boy Lost; Wings Of A Dove; Jealous Heart; The Drover's Wife; Born To Lose; The Old Rugged Cross – 85
Music World [AUS] CECON 400 A Heap Of Country Oldies: Send Me The Pillow You Dream On; One Day At A Time; I Can't Stop Loving You; There Goes My Everything; A Legend In My Time; Maggie; Baby Blue; The Convict And The Rose; One Small Photograph; Little Boy Lost;     Wings Of A Dove; The Drover's Wife; Sunday Afternoon and Country Music; A Room Full Of Roses; Devil Woman; Behind Closed Doors; B.J. The D.J.; There Won't Be Anymore; Little Band Of Gold; Pamela Brown; Silver Wings; The Letter Edged In Black; Smokey Ceilings; Sleep My Lady – 8- (cassette)
Johnny Heap [AUS] SMOKEY 001CD Lavender Blue And Other Love Songs: For The Good Times; There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Love Is A Golden Ring; Lavender Blue; Katrina; All I Have To Do Is Dream; I Don't Hurt Anymore; I Love You Because; You Belong To Me; Love Letters In The Sand; I Really Don't Want To Know; Unchained Melody; Rusted Love;You Don't Know Me; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Ain't Misbehaving - 95
? [UK] ? 'Retrospectfully Yours: BJ The DJ; Modern Cinderella; Reminiscing; Travel By Train; For The Good Times; Roll Along Kentucky Moon; Star of Love; There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Ridin’ With A Smile And A Song; The Convict And The Rose; Treasures Untold; Katrina; Wedding Bells; Last of the Kellys; Til The End of the World; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; I Don’t Hurt Anymore; I Love you Because; Any Old Time; The Hordern Tree; Where No One Stands Alone; Ain’t Misbehaving; My Heart Is Where The Roper Flows Tonight; The One Rose; I Went In To Hear The Music; I Really Don’t Want To Know; Another Stretch of Track; Lonely Street – 15 (double; reissued as single CD in April 2024 on BACM [UK] CD D 719)

EPs
Hadley [AUS] HEP 507 Another Stretch Of Track: Another Stretch Of Track; B.J. The D.J./ Modern Cinderella; Lonely Street – 09-66
Hadley [AUS] HEP 509 Great Friends In Country Music: [Eddie Tapp:] Writing On The Wall; Help Me Understand / [Johnny Heap: ]I Always Get A Souvenir; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – 06-67
Clarion [AUS] MCX-11,443 Introducing Johnny Heap: I'd Rather Switch Than Fight; I've Got A Lot Of Crying To Do / You Can't Liver On Memories; This Little Hurt – 68
CM [AUS] CMEP 521 Carrol County Accident: Carroll County Accident; Grin And Bear It; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight/ Dreaming That Your Teardrops Are For Me; Black Land Farmer; Anita You're Dreaming – 08-72
Bunyip [AUS] EP BS 501 'Lonely Street: Lonely Street; Where No-One Stands Alone / Four Kinds Of Roses; He Stopped Loving Her Today - 01-87

SINGLES
CM [AUS]
CM 001 'The Carroll County Accident / Dreaming That Your Teardrops Are For Me – 01-08-69